Acts 15:19
17 so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
18 that have been known for ages.’
It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
21 For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
- KJV
- Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
- WEB
- Therefore my judgment is that we don’t trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
- ASV
- Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;
- DARBY
- Wherefore *I* judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;
- BLB
- Therefore I judge not to trouble those from the Gentiles turning to God,
- ÅB
- Derfor mener jeg at vi ikke skal gjøre det tungt for dem av hedningene som omvender seg til Gud,
- OTB
- Derfor er det min dom at vi ikke skal plage de hedningene som vender seg til Gud,
- B1930
- Derfor mener jeg at vi ikke skal gjøre det tungt for dem av hedningene som omvender sig til Gud,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 15:28
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:
Read in contextGalatians 1:7–10
which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
Read in contextActs 15:24
It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
Read in contextIsaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
Read in contextHosea 14:2
Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
Read in contextActs 26:20
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
Read in contextActs 15:10
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
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